Wow! Thanks for posting the transcription AND the audio! I wasn't familiar with Tubs, but he's got "it" allright!

Man. you had to be there, !!
I saw Tubby and Ronnie pretty much weekly in my youth,
Jazz at the Flamingo in Wardour Street, and of course the Florida club in Leicester
Square, where i saw Victor Feldman on Vibes, then Piano and then Drums one
evening , his rendition of Midnight Sun stunned the audience into silence.
Then we heard Jimmy Deuchar . Bill Le Sage etc, etc heaven...pure heaven.
Where the majority of them now are.

I cannot help but enthuse over posts relating
to the Golden Era of British Jazz, highlighting
the incredidible players of that time, long before
i owned or could afford an instrument. Musically
speaking , the most exciting time of my life. Sad
though that few years later it all petered out with
the advent of the “beat boom “and the London
Jazz Clubs were no more .
Many cherished moments have been evoked here
so thanks for the memories

think Tubby was one of the very few or possibly the only British sax player the americans invited to the USA to record..considered on par with there best...british guitarists..not sure . they had plenty time to develop the language..very few could .

think Tubby was one of the very few or possibly the only British sax player the americans invited to the USA to record..considered on par with there best...british guitarists..not sure . they had plenty time to develop the language..very few could .

One of the few British jazz guitarists who was able to develop the language back then was Terry Smith. He played and recorded with many of the great jazz artists back then, including Dick Morrissey, Tony Lee, Harry South, Tubby and others. here he is with harry South:

Very few of Britain's 'bebop inspired' bands of the late 1940s and early 1950s were recorded..Austerity was around and people with money bought american records...nothing on YOU TUBE...the musicians have faded from the memory of many who enjoyed the music live...